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This is Equip and Empower, the Christine Cain podcast.

For everyone who desires to bring hope, create change, and live out their God-given

destiny with passion and joy.

Here's your host, Christine Cain.

I'm so grateful that you're back, and I'm so grateful that you've tuned in on

the other side of this screen.

I don't know how you tuned into today's program, but I know that you're not here by accident

that God's got a word for you.

He's got a plan, purpose, and destiny for your life.

So you've tuned in to the right place at the right time.

You know, three decades ago, it sounds strange coming out of my mouth, but I was at University

in Sydney, Australia, and had a very dear friend called Deborah.

Now, we came from two very different backgrounds.

I grew up in the poor suburbs of Sydney, the daughter of immigrant parents, and kind

of like, that's where we all were.

And she came from one of the most exclusive suburbs in all of Sydney.

She went to the single best private school, private girls' school in Sydney before University,

and I went to the single worst one, like, no, Joe, okay, we're at the lowest GPA.

And so in every way, we came from two very different socioeconomic demographics.

And she was just the most wonderful girl.

Everything that you could imagine came from a very well-to-do family, and the very cheerleader

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